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Banta California Map

Explore Banta, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Banta, California

How to Use This Banta, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Banta, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Banta.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Banta
State	California (CA)
County	San Joaquin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.754373
Longitude	-121.370777
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95304
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Stockton

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About Banta, California

Banta is a locality in San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Banta is located at 37.7544°N, 121.3708°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95304.

Banta occupies a stretch of level ground where the expansive, sun-drenched plains of the interior meet the quiet persistence of agricultural life. It lies 3.1 miles east-northeast of Tracy, CA (from Tracy, CA: bearing 71°T), and is situated 9.0 miles west-southwest of Manteca. The horizon to the west holds the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges, often blurred by the heat or the lingering drift of inland fog. Near the edges of the fields, Tom Paine Slough carves a narrow, deliberate path through the earth, its waters moving with a gravity that seems indifferent to the passing seasons. A few miles away, the stillness of Oakwood Lake offers a mirror to the immense, cloud-streaked sky, while the grasses near Glover Park turn to a brittle, pale gold under the long, relentless summer sun.

Banta carries the quiet endurance of a settlement built upon the rhythms of the soil and the iron veins of the railroad. The economy remains rooted in the surrounding fields, where the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the tempo of the day more effectively than any clock. History here is marked by the steady labor of those who recognized the potential in this flat, fertile expanse, transforming the raw landscape into a patchwork of productive acreage. Life in Banta moves with a measured, unadorned grace, defined by the sharp clarity of the light at dusk and the way the shadows lengthen across the dust-caked roads as the day finally surrenders to the cool, dark air of the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Glover Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 281° W
Emma M Baumgardner Theatre (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 250° W
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 255° W
Tracy Fire Memorial (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 248° W
Grand Theatre (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 247° SW
Tracy Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 269° W
Legacy Fields Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 286° W
Tracy Holiday Light Show (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 236° SW
Oxbow Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 048° NE
Vernalis Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 116° SE
Manteca Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 070° E
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.4 mi, 121° SE · 15k acres
Caswell Memorial State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 113° SE
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 274° W
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 223° SW
Clarence Smit Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 094° E
Stockton (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 017° N
Spirit Rocks (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 012° N
The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Phi Chapter (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 012° N
Talking Pillars (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 012° N
Janet Leigh Theatre (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 012° N
LH Horton Jr. Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 010° N
Escalon Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 082° E
Oldest Light Bulb (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 256° W
The Horseless Carriage Garage (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 082° E
Brenden Modesto 18 (Cinema) — 21.7 mi, 111° E
Mistlin Gallery (Gallery) — 21.7 mi, 111° E
McHenry Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 111° E
Mount Diablo State Park (State Park) — 26.3 mi, 283° W
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.5 mi, 236° SW · 81k acres

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